Prior to joining Oxford, Ms. Arian spent seventeen years at JLL in various property management positions, most recently as Group Manager of a portfolio of 5 million square feet of office and industrial buildings located in Boston, Cambridge and the suburbs north of Boston. She also supported the Regional Manager in new business pursuits for total portfolio growth of 10 million square feet.

Ms. Arian led transition of new business; including staffing, operational, and accounting startup. Award sand recognition received while at JLL include National Property Manager of the Year and Team Player of the Year. Ms. Arian received her Bachelor of Science from Alfred University and is currently a member of BOMA, NAIOP, and CREW.

Robin Arian

General Manager

Robert Bruins

Manager, Hotels

Robert has over 10 years of hospitality experience and oversees core aspects of asset management for Oxford’s iconic hotel investments. In this capacity, he is responsible for driving performance and investment returns, which includes leading financial performance, analytics & data visualization, asset valuation, capital reinvestment underwriting, and asset strategy.

Prior to joining Oxford in 2015, Robert spent five years in asset management,consulting and valuation with Westmont Hospitality Group and TRI Hospitality Consulting (now CBRE EMEA). At Westmont, he formed an integral part of the acquisition team securing several investments including the former Fairmont Boston Battery Wharf Hotel and a Canadian hotel portfolio comprising of 22 hotels from Fortis Properties. Robert began his career in the hospitality industry in several operational positions in the UK, including the acclaimed Ritz London. Robert received his MBA at the Plymouth University and a BA (Hons) in International Hospitality Management from the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Robert Bruins

Manager, Hotels

Robert Horst

Director and General Manager,
Scarborough Town Centre

Robert Horst has almost 12 years’ experience with Oxford Properties in a variety of roles and responsibilities.Currently, Robert is Director & General Manager at Scarborough Town Centre where he is an active member in the community including his role as President of the Scarborough Walk of Fame. With the support of Robert’s leadership and positive culture, Scarborough Town Centre has successfully repositioned itself as the East GTA’s premier fashion and lifestyle destination.

From 2007 to 2010, Mr. Horst was the Property Manager at Yorkdale Shopping Centre. Following Yorkdale, Mr. Horst was the General Manager at Upper Canada Mall for three years where he oversaw daily activities of each of the shopping centre’s departments. During his time at Upper Canada Mall, sales increased by nearly 30% and the shopping centre repositioned itself as a fashion leader in the GTA. The mall’s level of community participation and support also increased through various charitable projects for Southlake Hospital, Easter Seals, and Belinda’s Place, to name a few.

Robert Horst

Director and General Manager,
Scarborough Town Centre

Sherif Masood

Director, Retail Asset Management

With over 7 years’ experience in real estate, Mr. Masood is currently Director, Retail Asset Management where he plays an integral role in building out the newly established Asset Management platform working collaboratively with the Retail Leasing and Operations partners.

The Retail Asset Management group is responsible for maximizing returns and asset values, managing co-ownership relationships, developing strategic asset management plans for each retail asset and capital expenditure management. The current Canadian retail portfolio consists of 11 retail shopping centres, urban retail in the downtown areas of Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver, and hotel resort retail. The portfolio of approximately 15 million square feet generates over $400 million in NOI and is valued at more than $10 billion.

Prior to Oxford, Mr. Masood advised mid-market companies on strategic initiatives including M&A and financing activities as a Senior Consultant at a leading global accounting and professional services firm.

Mr. Masood completed his MBA from the DeGroote School of Business and holds a CPA, CMA designation. Prior to this, Mr. Masood served five years in the Canadian Forces as an Airfield Engineer, graduating as an officer from Royal Military College of Canada with a Mechanical Engineering Degree.

Sherif Masood

Director, Retail Asset Management

Daniel O'Donnell

Director of Media

With over a decade of experience incorporate communications, Daniel is responsible for devising and executing Oxford’s external communications program across the globe. This encompasses media relations, issues and crisis management, social media engagement and developing thought-leadership programs.

Prior to joining Oxford in August 2018, Daniel headed up the communications department for CBRE Canada. During his time at CBRE, he was able to double its share of voice in the media, achieving almost 60% market share versus its four main competitors.

Born in London, UK, Daniel spent his formative years working for FTI Consulting, one of the world’s largest strategic communications firms where he led campaigns for clients including AXA Real Estate, The Carlyle Group, British Land and Patrizia AG.

Prior to working in communications, Daniel qualified as a chartered accountant and worked in the Real Estate and Construction assurance practice for EY in London. This gave him an underpinning in business and finance that informs his approach to ensuring corporate communication strategies are aligned to real-world business objectives.

Daniel O'Donnell

Director of Media

Rachel Reardon

Associate, Investments

Rachel supports all of Oxford’s investment initiatives within the Washington, D.C.metropolitan market. She is responsible for underwriting and structuring debt and equity investments, with a focus on office, residential, and industrial assets. She supports all phases of asset acquisitions and loan originations,including deal sourcing, cash flow modeling, due diligence, closing, financing,and ongoing management of the investment performance.

Prior to joining Oxford, Rachel worked on the debt and structured finance team at CBRE arranging debt and equity for commercial real estate transactions across the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area as well as advising sponsors on the optimal capital structure for their transactions. Prior to CBRE, Rachel spent 5 years at Capitol One in Corporate Finance working across multiple business lines, including Commercial, Retail Banking, and Credit Cards. Rachel spent several years at Capitol One supporting the Branch Real Estate team by managing the occupancy, capital, and restructuring expenses for the 950 branch network.

Rachel has an MBA, with a concentration in Real Estate, from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School and a BSBA in Finance and Economics from the Washington University in St. Louis Olin School of Business.

Rachel Reardon

Director and General Manager,
Scarborough Town Centre

Marlee Kohn

Manager, Sustainability

Antara Sundararajan

Director, Development

Antara joined Oxford’s European Development team in 2015 as an Associate, supporting the execution of development transactions towards growth and delivery against portfolio targets. This has included Antara’s involvement across the property development lifecycle from due diligence and acquisition, the feasibility and town planning process (most recently at St James’s Market with The Crown Estate), through joint venture structuring, resolution of third party matters, corporate governance and reporting, all the way through negotiation of construction financing,procurement, construction and leasing, including as part of the ongoing delivery of 318,000 SF of mixed-use development at The Post Building.

Prior to joining Oxford, Antara was a Development Manager at M3 Consulting. In addition to the eight years of cradle-to-grave experience garnered at M3 through residential, mixed-use and office redevelopment projects for The Crown Estate, British Land and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Antara is especially proud of her contributions to urban realm enhancement, working alongside brilliant artists and architects on commercial and charity schemes to enliven public spaces and encourage fluency between buildings and their context. In addition to a BA (Hons) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from The University of Oxford, Antara is also a Chartered Surveyor and member of the RICS and holds a post-graduate Diploma in Surveying from The University of Reading. Antara thrives on the challenge of visionary strategic thinking and believes that beaten paths are for beaten people.

Antara Sundararajan

Director, Development

Preeti Varma

Director, Finance Operations

Preeti leads Oxford’s Finance Operations team that focuses on building a world class global finance team through strategic programs to effectively support our global operations, develop our people and build our culture.

Since joining Oxford, Preeti has established and led the Oxford Finance Academy “OFA” learning platform (65+ courses for 300+participants), established Oxford as a pre-approved CPA training office and led the creation and implementation of a comprehensive People & Culture strategic program (25+ cultural transformation initiatives). Preeti has also been involved in a number of strategic projects and initiatives throughout the OMERS enterprise and oversees all events and communications for the Office of the CFO.

Prior to joining Oxford, Preeti spent five years at KPMG in the Audit function with clients in the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications sectors. Preeti also co-led KPMG’s CA program as the firm transitioned to the CPA designation. In this role, she worked closely with the firm’s Leadership team to develop a national change management strategy, mentorship program, and facilitated training and case marking across KPMG’s offices nationwide for 500+ candidates.

Preeti also led KPMG’s largest community initiative for three years and was seconded to United Way to provide financial acumen – managing a portfolio of 30 campaigns on behalf of KPMG for four months. Underpinning her professional experience is a Chartered Accounting designation as well as a Master’s in Management and Professional Accounting from the University of Toronto and an Honours Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from York University with a specialist in Abstract Algebra.

For over a decade, I’ve been helping large organizations develop radical customer-centricity through design-led innovation. I’ve gone end-to-end on breakthrough innovation projects: from identifying new and emerging opportunities, to standing up MVP launches with tens of thousands of users.

My work has involved leading strategy, capability-building, and breakthrough concept development efforts for firms like BMO, Great-West Life, Barrick, City of Toronto, RBC, TD, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and others.

Prior to leading OCAD U CO, I led large-scale design-led innovation programs for some of Canada’s largest organizations at Doblin, the human-centred innovation consultancy at Deloitte.

I’m a proud OCAD U alum, with a Master of Design in Strategic Foresight and Innovation.

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